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A top French company is keen to provide hi-tech milk collection & cooling systems to Pakistan

Paris 18^th May, 2018: SERAP, a French company and a world leader in the bulk food-grade liquid conservation and processing sector has showed keen interest to supply its state of art hi-tech milk and food cooling integrated systems to Pakistan.

Mr. Eric Boitin, the CEO and President of SERAP expressed this interest while briefing the Ambassador of Pakistan to France Mr. Moin ul Haque, who visited SERAP’s headquarters and its manufacturing facilities in Gorron, a French town 400 km away from Paris yesterday.

Mr. Eric Boitin said that SERAP was keen to engage with the fast developing dairy industry of Pakistan and help in the modernization of milk collection & cooling processes. He said that SERAP had in the past provided its milk cooling tanks to local industry in Pakistan and would like to do business with new emerging players in this sector.

Ambassador of Pakistan welcomed SERAP’s interest in Pakistan and said that Pakistan being third the largest milk producer of the world is all set to expand and modernize its milk and food processing capability with a view to prevent wastage and to add value to food and milk-based products. Ambassador invited SERAP President to also consider setting up of its manufacturing facility in Pakistan.

Later, the Ambassador visited various sections of SERAP manufacturing facility and appreciated high professional and technical standards observed during production and assembly of stainless steel milk chillers, boilers and heat exchange systems. He noted that SERAP’s small and low cost fruit and milk cooling and storage systems were suitable for individual and middle level farmers to help them prolong the shelf lives of their products.

The SERAP Group, headquartered in Gorron, is in the heart of France’s largest dairy producing region. It employs 500 people and currently manages four production sites in France, India Mexico and Brazil. It enjoys presence in 80 countries through an extensive network of independent distributors, supported by its production units and commercial subsidiaries.

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Ambassador of Pakistan to France Moin ul Haque has invited Mr. Eric Boitin President SERAP to visit Pakistan during his visit to Gorron on 17.5.2018

Qamar Bashir
Counsellor (Press)
Embassy of Pakistan, Paris
0770123323(mobile)
01 45 61 48 98 (office)
01 45 61 10 17 (fax)

E-mail: presssectionparis@gmail.com

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Address: 18 Rue Lord Byron

 Paris 75008, France

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Une entreprise française de premier plan souhaite fournir au Pakistan des systèmes de collecte et de refroidissement du lait de haute technologie

Paris, le 18 mai 2018 :

SERAP, une entreprise française, leader mondial dans le secteur de la conservation et transformation des liquides alimentaires en vrac a manifesté un vif intérêt à fournir au Pakistan ses systèmes intégrés de haute technologie de refroidissement du lait et des aliments.

1. Eric Boitin, PDG et Président de SERAP a exprimé cet intérêt lors d’une réunion d’information hier avec l’Ambassadeur du Pakistan en France, M. Moin ul Haque, qui a visité le siège de SERAP et ses installations de production à Gorron, située à 400 km de Paris.
2. Eric Boitin a déclaré que SERAP désirait s’engager dans le développement rapide de l’industrie laitière pakistanaise en aidant à la modernisation des processus de collecte et de refroidissement du lait. Il a déclaré que SERAP avait dans le passé fourni ses cuves à lait à l’industrie locale au Pakistan et qu’il aimerait collaborer avec de nouveaux acteurs émergents dans ce secteur.

L’Ambassadeur du Pakistan s’est félicité de l’intérêt de SERAP pour le Pakistan et a déclaré que le Pakistan, troisième producteur de lait au monde, est prêt à étendre et à moderniser sa capacité de transformation du lait et des aliments en vue de prévenir le gaspillage et d’ajouter de la valeur aux produits alimentaires et aux produits à base de lait. L’Ambassadeur a invité le président de SERAP à envisager l’installation de son usine de fabrication au Pakistan.

Plus tard, l’Ambassadeur a visité diverses parties de l’usine SERAP où il a pu apprécier les normes professionnelles et techniques perfectionnées lors de la production et l’assemblage de refroidisseurs de lait, chaudières et systèmes d’échange de chaleur en acier inoxydable. Il a noté que les systèmes petits et peu coûteux de refroidissement et de stockage des fruits et du lait produits par SERAP conviendraient aux exploitants agricoles individuels et de niveau moyen pour les aider à prolonger la durée de conservation de leurs produits.

Le groupe SERAP, dont le siège social se situe à Gorron, se trouve au cœur de la plus grande région laitière de France. Le groupe emploie 500 personnes et gère actuellement quatre sites de production en France, en Inde, au Mexique et au Brésil. Il est présent dans 80 pays par le biais d’un vaste réseau de distributeurs indépendants, soutenu par ses unités de production et ses filiales commerciales.

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Paris 16^th May, 2018: MSA an Architectural firm of Pakistan has won the prestigious Prix Versailles 2018. The World Architecture Award for its uniquely and esthetically designed WARDA flagship store in Peshawar.

Mr. Jerome Gouadain, Secretary General of the Prix Versailles and Mr. Ernesto Ottone Ramirez, UNESCO’s Assistant Director General for Culture gave away the Award to Syed Fawad Hassain, the founder and principal architect of MSA during an impressive ceremony held at the UNESCO Headquarter in Paris yesterday.

The event was attended by Ambassador of Pakistan to France and Permanent Delegate of Pakistan to UNESCO Mr. Moin ul Haque, UNESCO delegate, high ranking officers of the French government, members of the French civil society and media persons in large number.

While addressing the award giving ceremony, Mr. Jerome Gouadain said that MSA’s design was a beautiful blend of traditional designs and modern architecture techniques which made the WARDA project standout amongst the other competitors.

Syed Fawad Hussain while talking on the occasion said that winning the prestigious award was a great honor for him and for Pakistan and vowed to continue his mission of reflecting the architecture heritage of Pakistan in his company’s design projects.

Earlier, Syed Fawad Hussain called on Mr. Moin ul Haque the Ambassador of Pakistan to France in the Embassy of Pakistan. The Ambassador congratulated MSA on receipt of the coveted Versailles World Award and hoped that MSA would continue its creative endeavors to win more laurels for the country.

The award is named after Versailles palaces of France which are considered a model in terms of quality, beauty and elegance of architecture of today and tomorrow. The Prix Versailles supported by UNESCO receives entries from renowned architecture firms from around the world.

Qamar Bashir
Counsellor (Press)
Embassy of Pakistan, Paris
0770123323(mobile)
01 45 61 48 98 (office)
01 45 61 10 17 (fax)

E-mail: presssectionparis@gmail.com

press_paris@yahoo.com

Address: 18 Rue Lord Byron

 Paris 75008, France

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Le  MSA du Pakistan a remporté le Prix Versailles d’architecture mondiale 2018

Paris 15 mai 2018 :

Le MSA, un cabinet d’architectes pakistanais, a remporté le prestigieux Prix Versailles 2018 d’architecture mondiale pour son magasin phare ‘WARDA’ à Peshawar.

1. Jérôme Goudain, secrétaire général du Prix Versailles et M. Ernesto Ottone Ramirez, sous-directeur général de l’UNESCO pour la culture, ont remis le prix à Syed Fawad Hussain, fondateur et architecte principal de MSA lors d’une prestigieuse cérémonie qui s’est tenue aujourd’hui au siège de l’UNESCO à Paris.

Etaient présents à la cérémonie l’Ambassadeur du Pakistan en France et délégué permanent du Pakistan auprès de l’UNESCO, M. Moin ul Haque, délégués de l’UNESCO, hauts fonctionnaires du gouvernement français, membres de la société civile française et représentants des médias en grand nombre.

En s’adressant à la cérémonie de remise des prix, M. Jérôme Goudain a déclaré que le design du MSA était un beau mélange de styles traditionnels et de techniques d’architecture modernes qui ont permis au projet de WARDA de se démarquer des autres concurrents.

Syed Fawad Hussain a déclaré à cette occasion que ce prix prestigieux était un grand honneur pour lui et pour le Pakistan et s’est engagé à poursuivre sa mission de refléter l’héritage architectural du Pakistan dans les projets de design de son entreprise.

Auparavant, Syed Fawad Hussain s’est rendu à l’ambassade à Paris pour rencontrer M. Moin ul Haque, Ambassadeur du Pakistan en France. L’Ambassadeur a félicité le MSA pour avoir reçu le très convoité Prix Versailles d’architecture mondiale et a dit qu’il espérait que le MSA poursuivrait ses efforts créatifs pour gagner encore plus d’honneurs pour le pays.

Le prix est nommé d’après les palais de Versailles en France qui sont considérés comme un modèle en termes de qualité, de beauté et d’élégance de l’architecture d’aujourd’hui et de demain. Le Prix Versailles, soutenu par l’UNESCO, reçoit les candidatures de cabinets d’architectes renommés du monde entier.

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Association of Friends of Pakistan launched in Paris

Paris 4^thMay, 2018: The first ever advocacy group, the “Association of Friends of Pakistan” was launched during a simple yet impressive ceremony held in the Embassy of Pakistan in Paris yesterday.

The ceremony was attended by a large number of people including former French Ambassadors to Pakistan, representatives of French companies doing business in Pakistan, scholars, researchers, journalists and officials from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Parliament.

Speaking on the occasion, the Ambassador of Pakistan to France, Mr. Moin ul Haque termed the launching of this Friendship Association as a milestone in Pakistan-France relations. He stated that the Association will bring together people from all walks of life and would serve as an effective forum to strengthen the existing friendly relations and to facilitate in further developing economic, cultural and educational linkages between Pakistan and France.

Mr. Pierre Lafrance, former Ambassador of France to Pakistan, Mr. Thierry Pflimlin, President of France-Pakistan Business Council, Ms. Aurore Didier, Head of France Archeological Mission in Pakistan, Dr. Bruno Figadere, French Biochemist, working with Pakistani universities, Mr. Olivier Lapidus, French renowned fashion designer who helped to establish the Pakistan Institute of Fashion Design, Lahore and Ms. Sonia Barbry, Deputy Director (South Asia) in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs also spoke on the occasion. All speakers welcomed this initiative and extended their full support to make it a success.

The Association of Friends of Pakistan will be registered under the French laws and will have a Bureau to manage its affairs. It will organize various events to promote relations between the two countries.

A presentation tracing 70 years of Pakistan-France relations was also shown at the occasion.

Later guests were also entertained with a dinner offering popular dishes from both Pakistan and France.

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Pakistan and France enjoy warm relations in political, economic, defence and social sectors

Paris 24th April, 2018. The economic and public diplomacy initiatives launched by the Embassy of Pakistan to France are contributing towards strengthening of relations between Pakistan and France.

This was stated by Ambassador of Pakistan to France Moin ul Haque while briefing the 19-member delegation of National Defense University (NDU) of Pakistan which called on him at the Embassy in Paris, yesterday.

The delegation, comprising senior officers from Pakistan’s Armed Forces and allied officers from Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and USA, is visiting France as part of their National Security & War Course being held at the National Defence University, Islamabad.

While briefing the delegation, the Ambassador said that Pakistan and France have a solid base for partnership in the political, economic, defence, education and cultural fields and enjoy commonality of views on many important global issues.

The Ambassador said that the Secretary General of French Ministry of Foreign Affairs is expected to visit Pakistan in the near future to review and hold dialogue on whole range of bilateral relations with its Pakistani counterpart under the institutional mechanism of Bilateral Political Consultations (BPC). He noted that regular exchanges of parliamentary delegations are also contributing in bringing a qualitative change in bilateral relations.

The Ambassador said that economic and commercial cooperation between the two countries form an intrinsic part of the bilateral relations and noted with satisfaction a steady increase in the volume of bilateral trade over the last few years reaching over US$ 1.5 billion in 2017. He pledged to sustain this upward momentum in the years to come to achieve a higher volume to truly reflect the potential of the two economies.

The Ambassador also briefed the NDU delegation about bilateral defence relations and the regular exchanges through the meetings of the Joint Security Commission and Staff Talks held every year alternately in Paris and Islamabad.

During stay in Paris, the delegation will visit various French defence and civil institutions including renowned French companies working in the field of defence.

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19-members delegation of National Defence University (NDU) which is on a study tour to France called on the Ambassador of Pakistan to France Moin ul Haque in Paris France on 23.04.2018

Qamar Bashir
Counsellor (Press)
Embassy of Pakistan, Paris
0770123323(mobile)
01 45 61 48 98 (office)
01 45 61 10 17 (fax)
E-mail: presssectionparis@gmail.com
press_paris@yahoo.com
Address: 18 Rue Lord Byron
Paris 75008, France

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Pakistan is fully committed to the mandate and principles of UNESCO

Paris, 10^th April, 2018. Pakistan is fully committed to the mandate and principles espoused by UNESCO and appreciates UNESCO’s valuable contributions in promoting dialogue and cultural diversity which have ameliorated lives of millions of people through education and scientific cooperation.

This was stated by Dr. Shezra Mansab Ali Khan Kharal, Member National Assembly of Pakistan while delivering country statement at the 204^th Session of the Executive Board of UNESCO held in UNESCO Headquarter in Paris, today.

The Executive Board meeting was also attended by Ms. Audrey Azoulay, Director General UNESCO, Ambassador of Pakistan to France Moin ul Haque and 58 Executive Board members.

Dr. Shezra Mansab assured the Executive Board that Pakistan would fulfill its obligations to UNESCO and would continue to work together with the global community in striving for an equitable, just, tolerant, open and socially inclusive world.

The Pakistan’s representative stated that Government of Pakistan has embarked on a broad based programme for social sector development, and education especially girls education remains an area of priority. In this context, she referred to Pakistan’s voluntary contribution of US$ 10 million to setup Malala Fund to supplement UNESCO’s efforts for promoting girl child education globally. She also thanked Governments of the Republic of Korea, Italy and Qatar for their substantial contributions to this Fund.

She welcomed Director General proposal for strategic transformation of UNESCO and emphasized that the new reform process should conform to UNESCO’s core mandate, ensure inclusiveness and transparency and preserve intergovernmental character of UNESCO.

During her stay in Paris Dr. Shezra will also be meeting with President of General Conference, President of Executive Board and Senior officials of UNESCO Secretariat.

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پاکستان یونیسکو کے مینڈیٹ اور اصولوں کی مکمل پاسداری کرتا ہے۔

پیرس10 اپریل:2018 پاکستان یونیسکو کے مینڈیٹ اور اصولوں پر کاربند رہنے کا عزم رکھتا ہے اور یونیسکو سے بات چیت کے ذریعے ثقافتی تنوع کو فروغ دینے کے عمل کی حمایت کرتا ہے۔ جس کی وجہ سے دنیا میں تعلیم اور سائنسی تعاون کے ذریعے لاکھوں لوگوں کی زندگیوں کو بہتر بنایا گیا ہے۔

یہ بات محترمہ شذرہ منصب علی خان، رکن قومی اسمبلی پاکستان نے آج یونیسکو ہیڈ کوارٹر پیرس میں یونیسکو ایگزیگٹیو بورڈ کے 204ویں اجلاس میں ملکی بیانیہ پڑھتے ہوئے کہی۔

ایگزیگٹیوبورڈ کے اجلاس میں ڈائریکٹر جنرل یونیسکو میں آڈرے آذولے، سفیر پاکستان جناب معین الحق اور ایگزیگٹیو بورڈ کے 58 ممبران نے شرکت کی۔

ڈاکٹر شذرہ منصب علی خان نے ایگزیگٹیو بورڈ کو یقین دہانی کرائی کہ پاکستان یونیسکو کے سلسلے میں اس کے حصے کی تمام ذمہ داریاں پوری کرے گا اور عالمی برادری کے ساتھ مل کر یونیسکو کے پلیٹ فارم سے دنیا میں انصاف، برابری، رواداری، اور ثقافتی ہم آہنگی کے قیام کیلئے کام کرتا رہے گا۔

پاکستان کے نمائندے نے کہا کہ پاکستان تعلیمی اور سماجی شعبے میں ایک مربوط اور وسیع بنیادی پروگرام پر عمل کر رہا ہے۔ جس میں تعلیم اور خاص طور پر بچیوں کی تعلیم پر خصوصی توجہ دی جا رہی ہے۔ انہوں نے اس سلسلے میں پاکستان کی طرف سے 10ملین ڈالر کی خطیر رقم سے ملالہ فنڈ کے قیام کا حوالہ دیتے ہوئے کہا کہ اس فنڈ کے قیام سے دنیا بھر میں بچیوں کی تعلیم کو فروغ دینے میں مدد ملے گی۔ انہوں نے جنوبی کوریا، اٹلی، اور قطر کی حکومتوں کا ملالہ فنڈ میں حصہ ڈالنے کے اقدام کا شکریہ بھی ادا کیا۔

انہوں نے یونیسکو کے ڈائریکٹر جنرل کی طرف سے یونیسکو میں سٹریٹیجک سطح پر تبدیلیاں لانے کی ان کی حالیہ تجویز کا خیرمقدم کیا اور اس بات پر زور دیا کہ یونیسکو کے مساوات پر مبنی منڈیٹ کے مطابق یونیسکومیں شفافیت اور باہمی شراکت کی بنیاد پر فیصلہ لینے کے عمل کو یقینی بنایا جائے۔

پیرس میں اپنے قیام کے دوران ڈاکٹر شذرہ منصب علی خان کھرل نے یونیسکو کی جنرل کانفرنس کے صدر، ایگزیگٹیو بورڈ کے صدر اور یونیسکو کے سینئر حکام کے ساتھ ملاتیں بھی کریں گی۔

Qamar Bashir
Counsellor (Press)
Embassy of Pakistan, Paris
0770123323(mobile)
01 45 61 48 98 (office)
01 45 61 10 17 (fax)
E-mail: presssectionparis@gmail.com
press_paris@yahoo.com
Address: 18 Rue Lord Byron

Paris 75008, France

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La 78ème Fête Nationale du Pakistan a été célébrée en France avec zèle et ferveur

23 mars 2018.

Une cérémonie de levée du drapeau a eu lieu aujourd’hui à l’Ambassade du Pakistan à Paris, pour commémorer la Journée du Pakistan avec zèle et ferveur.

La cérémonie s’est déroulée en présence de membres de la communauté pakistanaise, d’officiers de la mission et leurs familles et d’un grand nombre de représentants des médias.

La cérémonie a commencé par une récitation du Saint Coran, suivi du hissage du drapeau par S.E. M. Moin ul Haque, Ambassadeur du Pakistan en France. Ensuite, les invités ont assisté à la lecture des messages du Président et du Premier ministre à l’occasion de la Fête nationale.

Dans son discours, l’Ambassadeur a félicité les membres de la communauté pakistanaise à l’occasion de la Fête nationale. Il a rendu de riches hommages au Père de la Nation et à d’autres dirigeants nationaux du Pakistan Movement qui, par leurs efforts inlassables et leurs immenses sacrifices, ont créé une patrie à part pour les musulmans du sous-continent.

L’ambassadeur a déclaré qu’aujourd’hui, le Pakistan fait partie de la communauté internationale en tant que pays important doté d’institutions démocratiques fortes, d’une économie à croissance rapide, d’un système judiciaire indépendant et de médias libres.

L’Ambassadeur a remercié la communauté pakistanaise en France pour le rôle constructif qu’elle joue dans la projection de l’image positive du Pakistan en France. Il a déclaré que même si nos ancêtres ont fait des sacrifices pour obtenir une patrie pour nous, il est de notre responsabilité collective de faire du Pakistan un pays fort, pacifique et prospère pour les générations futures.

Plus tard dans la soirée, l’Ambassadeur a organisé une réception diplomatique pour marquer la Journée du Pakistan. Parlementaires français, hauts fonctionnaires civils et militaires, intellectuels, universitaires, et diplomates étrangers en poste en France ont assisté à la réception en grand nombre.